The 2011 American Music Awards is gearing up to be quite the event.

With confirmed performances from the likes of Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera, Nicki Minaj, Katy Perry and Mary J. Blige, today the ceremony gave music lovers even more of an incentive to tune in.

For, in a bid to capitalize on the heavy press coverage his upcoming album ‘Take Care‘ is receiving, they have added the Rapper Drake to the line up.

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Life is good for a certain Jay-Z.

The Hip-Hop honcho and soon-to-be father was all laughs last night when he came out to celebrate his status as one of GQ magazine’s Men of the Year.

A lavish affair, the event was held at the Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles and was attended by fellow honouree Justin Timberlake, who -if pics could speak-provided gags a plenty.

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Can you hear that?

No? Well that was the sweet sound of champagne bottles being popped open at  XL Recordings, London.

For this  week- more so than any other week this year- has given them much cause to celebrate.

Because as of this global chart week, the album ‘21‘ by their artist Adele has sold over 12 million copies worldwide.

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Switch that messy Kardashian nonsense off! The Braxton sisters are back and in a big way.

After warming our hearts with their debut season, Toni, Trina, Towanda, Traci, and, of course, Tamar, return to the small screen with season 2 of their hit WeTV reality series ‘Braxton Family Values’.

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To whet appetites of her ever-faithful fans and followers, Queen of Hip Hop Soul Mary J. Blige has teamed up with the legendary Adam Shankman  and American Express for UNSTAGED – a live collection of the diva’s greatest hits (and a few gems from the forthcoming album ‘My Life II’).

As part of the experience, fans will be able to download MP3s of the performances for free after the concert’s finale.

Though originally airing live from Club Nokia in Los Angeles last night, check out the encore broadcast after the jump for all the action!

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Alicia Keys and hip hop hitmaker Pharrell are just two of Urban music’s brightest stars dropping redos on the cover of ‘Dazed & Confused’.  The popular magazine is celebrating its 20th anniversary in a big way – by having 20 of its previous cover stars revisit the magazine’s front.  Dazed co-founder and photographer Rankin also includes a foldout giving shine to a “rising star” nominated by each cover star.

See Alicia Keys, Pharrell, and Kelis’s covers after the jump:

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Seems Whitney isn’t the only one getting in a little ‘Extra’ time these days.  And, as a phrase that many have often used to describe fellow diva Mariah Carey, it would only be fitting for the ‘Vision of Love’ songstress to pay visit to the ‘Extra’ show in support of her latest holiday efforts.

Already found spreading Christmas joy in her virtual concert broadcast worldwide earlier today, the multi-octave songbird was spotted on the entertainment show chatting with resident host and longtime friend AJ Calloway.  As ever, besides the usual chatter of new babies and new body, the mother-of-two dropped dibs on her latest video venture with soulful crooner John Legend.

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Rihanna may perform like a pensioner, but her promotional machine is showing itself to be as vivacious as ever. For, with her album ‘Talk That Talk’ due in stores in a matter of days, the model snagged a coveted slot on the X Factor USA.

Peep the model give her first televised performance of chart-topper ‘We Found Love’ after the jump…

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The Manchester Evening News Arena played host to the 2011 BBC Children In Need Rocks Manchester benefit concert today.  Securing some of the music scene’s top draws for billing on the Gary Barlow-organized event, Kelly Rowland, Lady Gaga, JLS, Coldplay, and Jessie J were just a few pop titans that hit the stage.

Lending some of their biggest hits for BBC One live, catch some of the night’s performances below:

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As reported here, fierce foursome JLS lent their looks to the latest cover of Attitude magazine.  The stop marks one of many the quad has made in support of their latest effort ‘JukeBox’.

We’ve already shown you the cover, now fans have been invited behind the scenes of the Attitude show after the jump:

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Christmas is certainly coming early for Jennifer Hudson fans.  Most recently spotted on the December cover of Ebony magazine, the budding diva beamed in blue on its cover and discussed a number of topics including her engagement to professional wrestler David Otunga, motherhood, weight loss, and more.  The issue, which hits newsstands November 29th, precedes the songstress’ upcoming ventures such as her book, two movies, and visual for her third single ‘I Got This’.

As if that wasn’t enough, headlines have revealed Hudson will be joining Justin Bieber and Cee Lo Green for this year’s TNT aired ‘Christmas In Washington’ and ‘Vh1 Divas Celebrates Soul’ (set to air on December 19th at 9pm).

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Within the space of three years, Lady GaGa has successfully turned the debuting of a new music video into what can only be described as a ‘cinematic event’.

So, as to whet the appetites of fans thirsty for her latest visual in support of her single ‘Marry The Night‘, the singer has released the clip’s prelude today, ahead of the video’s complete unveiling in coming weeks.

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